Where to Plant a Church (1 of 5)
When I am asked to preach for someone, I often find myself spending as much time trying to figure out what to preach as I do in preparing the message to preach. Similarly, determining where to plant a church can
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Repost: The Contagious Chain of Missionary Zeal
I read this great post by Nathan Busenitz today about how the life of one person can affect another who can in turn affect another. Since we have the advantage of being able to look back at history and see this, we
Mentoring in the New Testament Notes
Mentoring is a topic that is mentioned often in our culture, but much of the wisdom on the topic comes from experience and human wisdom. Last week, I finished a five-part series on my blog called “Mentoring in the New
Mentoring in the New Testament (5 of 5) – Paul and Timothy
Other posts in this series: Barnabas and Paul – Part 1, Barnabas and Paul – Part 2, Barnabas and John Mark, Priscilla & Aquila and Apollos This is the final example in this series on Mentoring in the New Testament.
Mentoring in the New Testament (4 of 5) – Priscilla & Aquila and Apollos
Other posts in this series: Barnabas and Paul – Part 1, Barnabas and Paul – Part 2, Barnabas and John Mark Who were Priscilla and Aquilla? (Acts 18:1-2) Tentmakers who used their lives in a great way to help get
Mentoring in the New Testament (3 of 5) – Barnabas and John Mark
Other posts in this series: Barnabas and Paul – Part 1, Barnabas and Paul – Part 2 John Mark came from a Godly family. His mother was Mary, the lady who held the prayer meeting for Peter when he was
Mentoring in the New Testament (2 of 5) – Barnabas and Paul – Part 2
Other posts in this series: Barnabas and Paul – Part 1 Previously, we learned some lessons from the mentoring relationship of Barnabas and Paul about being an encourager, believing in people when others won’t, and being willing to take a
Mentoring in the New Testament (1 of 5) – Barnabas and Paul – Part 1
Recently, I wrote a series of posts about Mentoring in the Old Testament. The next series of five posts will cover some examples of mentoring in the New Testament. The first example is that of Barnabas and Paul. 1. Barnabas
Book Review: From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya
I am almost ashamed to admit that I just finished reading From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya for the first time. I feel like I should have read this book a decade ago! But, at any rate, I am glad I have